TOUR 2017 Mongolia - organized by Golden Supreme Mongol Quality

23-24 September 2017, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

GLOBALG.A.P. TOUR 2017 Mongolia!

Introduction

About Ikh Mongol Yazguurtan (Great Mongolian Aristocrats)

Ikh Mongol Yazguurtan (meaning the Great Mongolian Aristocrats) is a Mongolian non-governmental
organization and a voluntary association of business leaders in industries such as agriculture,
manufacturing, service, etc. Established in early 2016, the main purpose of IMY is to sustainably
develop the agribusiness sectors and the communities nationwide.

Currently, IMY has 277 active member companies in the capital city of Ulan-Bator (13 new members
joined last week), mainly represented by their CEOs. After 18 months of promoting its purpose in
rural Mongolia, IMY will soon start recruiting herders and farmers from most of the provinces in
Mongolia. At the end of this year, IMY expects to have more than 30 thousand members in rural
Mongolia -- a number that will make it the single largest organization in Mongolia that engages
agribusiness stakeholders in implementing projects and programs.

In addition, IMY has 7 affiliated non-governmental organizations that work in concert to handle
different aspects of the greater purpose. It also has strategic partnership agreements with over 20
leading civil society organizations, trade associations and other professional bodies. As a
powerful strategic alliance of private sector and civil society entities, IMY is becoming a strong
player to work with the government and state-owned entities on a wide variety of issues related to
agriculture and business.

About Altan Deed Mongol Chanar (Golden Supreme Mongol Quality)

Altan Deed Mongol Chanar (meaning Golden Supreme Mongol Quality) is a Mongolian non-governmental
organization and a voluntary association of professionals working in academia, private, public and
nonprofit sectors for the purpose of adapting, promoting and assisting in implementation of global
good agricultural practices in Mongolia.

In doing so, GSMQ works closely with Ikh Mongol Yazguurtan, the Mongolian Ministry of Food,
Agriculture and Light Industry, Mongolian State University of Life Sciences, Mongolian Agency for
Standardization and Metrology, Mongolian General Inspection Agency, and international multilateral
organizations, as well as other professional and competent bodies operating in Mongolia.

Objective

Mongolia is defining its strategy to develop primary business activity (agriculture and
livestock production) for the next future. The main goal of Ikh Mongol Yazguurtan is to build up
bridges to international Good Agriculture Practices organizations such GLOBALG.A.P. which can
support to enter into international trade.

Ikh Mongol Yazguurtan, as biggest business association, is leading and driving the change into
the Agrifood sector. For this purpose, Ikh Mongol Yazguurtan invited Mongolian main stakeholders
(University, Agriculture Ministry, Reference laboratories, farmers, and companies) in the
agribusiness sector to build up a new project based on food safety and good agriculture
practices.

GLOBALG.A.P. has been invited as an international reference against the local practices can be
benchmarked and give strong pillar on which build up a plan to improve local food safety and animal
welfare standards.

Background Information on Mongolian Agricultural Sector

The raising of livestock on the vast open spaces of the Mongolian steppes -- the infinite
Mongolian prairie -- has been the way of life for Mongolians for thousands of years. Today, the
industry produces approximately 20% of the country’s GDP, provides the food supply for the
population and is the main feedstock of the national production in Mongolia. The sector employs
34.5% of the total national workforce, produces 90% of all agricultural outputs and accounts for
12.5% of Mongolia’s total export revenues.

The aim of the visit was to show the traditional “Mongolian Nomade farming system”.
Traditionally, Mongolian nomads raise 5 species of livestock: horses, cows or yaks, sheep, goats
and camels. Nomadic families often gathered in groups move generally in the radius of 50 to 100
kilometers, at least twice a year, in spring (May) and at the beginning of winter (October).
However, more significant displacements are sometimes necessary in the search of better pastures.
Uvuljuu or winter camps are located in areas that are naturally sheltered from wind and are
equipped with barns for the animals to stay for the night.

Representatives of Ikh Mongol Yazguurtan and Altan Deed Mongol Chanar accompany during the visit
and explains us the extensive production system as well traditions. During the day we visited the
four season locations in which the families camps along the year with their animals. The
environmental impact of this system is very low, even the visual impact of the farming system.

2. Conference program, Saturday 23 September.

The conference followed strictly the final program and more than 130 persons participated in the
event. During the day, speakers from GLOBALG.A.P., Mongolian University of Life Sciences, Ikh
Mongol Yazguurtan and the Agriculture Ministry discussed the implementation of good agriculture
practices, National status of livestock and agriculture farmers, farming systems and nomadic
pastoralism, international trade requirements for raw materials in terms of assure supply and food
safety, and GLOBALG.A.P. schemes as reference standards for Global trade.A
At the end of the day, Ikh Mongol Yazguurtan and GLOBALG.A.P. signed a collaboration
agreement to implement Good Agriculture Practices in the local agriculture and livestock
sectors.

3. Visit to Mongolian Greenhouse, 24 September.

EveryDay greenhouse project was born of a joint venture between Japanese and Mongolian
companies.

During the visit, the Vice-Director accompanies the group of visitors and explained in detail
the structure and the organization of the greenhouse. Energy supply comes from solar panels
installed in different greenhouses. At the time of the visit, new winter greenhouses were under
construction.

After the visit, EveryDay team prepared a lunch for all participants and we had a closing
meeting in which the role of farm assurers was explained. Big interest was shown by several
participants in the meeting concerning farm assurer training.